A Collection of Acts of Parliament, Relative to County and Borough Elections [In England] with References to Several Reported Cases, Containing the Determinations of the House of Commons; In Two Parts (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1811. Excerpt: ... Anno 6 Georgii II. Cap. 23. An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the "tth and 8th Years of the Reign of King William the Third, intituled, " An Act for the further regulating Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, and for the preventing irregular proceedings of Sheriffs and other Officers in the electing and returning such Members, so far as the same relates to the holding of County Courts" 'WHEREAS by an act passed in the 7th and 8th years of the reign of king William the Third, 7 & a w. 3. intituled, An act for the further regulating elections c'2v'' of members to serve in parliament, and for the preventing irregular proceedings of sheriffs and other officers in the electing and returning such members, it was, amongst other things, enacted, That the sheriff of any county, upon the election to be made of any knight or knights of the shire, should proceed to election at the next county court, unless the same should fall out to be held within six days after the receipt of the writ, or upon the same day, and then should adjourn the said court to some convenient day, giving ten days notice of the time and place of election; and whereas by the same act it was also enacted, That all county courts held for the county of York, or any other county courts which were used to be held on a Monday, should from henceforth be called and begun on Wednesdays; and whereas there was no express provision to prevent the adjournment of any county court to a Monday, whereby doubts have arisen whether the same might not be adjourned to a Monday, which is declared by the said act to be a very inconvenient day to all the suitors thereunto, which ha.tji given o.cqasion to, co.unty courts being frequently adjourned over to a Monday, to the great inconvenience of such suit...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1811. Excerpt: ... Anno 6 Georgii II. Cap. 23. An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the "tth and 8th Years of the Reign of King William the Third, intituled, " An Act for the further regulating Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, and for the preventing irregular proceedings of Sheriffs and other Officers in the electing and returning such Members, so far as the same relates to the holding of County Courts" 'WHEREAS by an act passed in the 7th and 8th years of the reign of king William the Third, 7 & a w. 3. intituled, An act for the further regulating elections c'2v'' of members to serve in parliament, and for the preventing irregular proceedings of sheriffs and other officers in the electing and returning such members, it was, amongst other things, enacted, That the sheriff of any county, upon the election to be made of any knight or knights of the shire, should proceed to election at the next county court, unless the same should fall out to be held within six days after the receipt of the writ, or upon the same day, and then should adjourn the said court to some convenient day, giving ten days notice of the time and place of election; and whereas by the same act it was also enacted, That all county courts held for the county of York, or any other county courts which were used to be held on a Monday, should from henceforth be called and begun on Wednesdays; and whereas there was no express provision to prevent the adjournment of any county court to a Monday, whereby doubts have arisen whether the same might not be adjourned to a Monday, which is declared by the said act to be a very inconvenient day to all the suitors thereunto, which ha.tji given o.cqasion to, co.unty courts being frequently adjourned over to a Monday, to the great inconvenience of such suit...

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General Books LLC

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United States

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February 2012

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February 2012

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246 x 189 x 7mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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136

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978-1-150-84840-7

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9781150848407

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1-150-84840-5



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